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Webster 1913 Edition


Columbic

Co-lum′bic

,
Adj.
[From
Columbium
.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.
Columbic acid
(Chem.)
,
a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide,
Nb2O5
; – called also
niobic acid
.

Co-lum′bic

,
Adj.
[From
Columbo
.]
Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root.
Columbic acid
(Chem.)
,
an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance.

Webster 1828 Edition


Columbic

COLUMBIC

,
Adj.
Pertaining to columbium; as columbic acid.